• Time Timothée Chalamet profile
• EW first look at Scream 5 - Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox both return
• Pop Culture Happy Hour insightful piece on the black lady therapist on TV with Ted Lasso, White Lotus, and In Treatment all arriving at that crowded trope party
• AV Club 5 reasons to be optimistic about season three of Ted Lasso
More after the jump including Dave Chapelle's controversial comedy show, Disney-related deaths, new projects for Jake Gyllenhaal, and MCU journeys for Kumail Nanjiani and Will Poulter...
• Vulture Profile of Kumail Nanjiani and his changing feels about his body on the way to Marvel superherodom
• Instagram Shannen Doherty has been candidly detailing her battle with breast cancer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Gizmodo Will Poulter cast as Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (and presumably future MCU films as well)
• MNPP Two new projects for Jake Gyllenhall (always in demand)
• MNPP Timothée Chalamet vs Gonzo
• AV Club Bill Murray reveals that he's shooting Wes Anderson's next film which is called Asteroid City. Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, and Hope Davis join Anderson's regular acting troupe for that film
Controversy
I dont often watch comedy specials -- not really my thing though I love a few such performers like Tig Notaro, Bo Burnham, Eddie Izzard -- but I heard from a close queer friend (who is not easily offended) that he was surprised to discover that Dave Chappelle's new comedy special The Closer deserved the backlash its getting for its jokes targeting the LGBTQ+ and particularly the trans community. Related stories...
• Vanity Fair internal strife at Netflix with fallout and suspensions swirling around the comedy special
• Lifehacker 11 trans comedians to watch if you're tired of Dave Chappelle
RIP
• Gr8ter Days Old Yeller star Tommy Kirk has passed away
• /Film Ruthie Tompson, a Disney animation pioneer who began in the ink & paint department of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has died. She lived to be 111 years old!!!